High Schools Division at the Scholastic Surf Series High School State Championships held in Oceanside. In 2022, the high school surf club won the division in all categories — men’s shortboard/longboard, women’s shortboard/longboard, and bodyboard. Peabody Stadium renovation A $39 million dollar renovation of Peabody Stadium was completed in 2020 with partial funding from the Foundation for Santa Barbara High School. Refurbished Olympic-quality fields adhere to CIF standards, allowing the school to host competitive meets, including track, football, lacrosse and international soccer tournaments with a notably large field. Student newspaper The school's newspaper, The Forge, has been in continuous publication since 1914, making it the second-oldest high school newspaper to publish without interruption in California. Among the 2022 features were articles entitled "The Surreal World of Ukrainians in Santa Barbara" and "Why You Should Donate Your Hair to Wigs for Kids." Former Forge editor Leon Litwack (class of 1947) is a Pulitzer Prize winner, retired UC Berkeley professor and author of books on slavery. Mary Claudia Nettles Madson, a former 1938 SBHS journalism student on The Forge, was among the first female UPI journalists. Manuel Unzueta (1968), a former cartoonist for The Forge, is a well-known Santa Barbara muralist who has painted murals at Bohnett Park and the Eastside Library. In 2008, The Forge was the target of a break-in, when thieves stole five computers, a printer, and a camera. Foundation for Santa Barbara High School To address a $3,000 shortfall in state per-pupil funding, the Foundation for Santa Barbara High School, a non-profit 501(c) 3, raises money to support academics, counseling, sports and other programs. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Foundation paid for outdoor tents and air purifiers for classrooms and the school library, as well as distributed grants to families in need. The Foundation renovated an indoor-outdoor “Solarium” for a teachers' lounge and raised $5 million for the 2,300 seat Peabody Stadium renovation. Notable alumni Tanya Atwater, geophysicist, "Mother of Plate Tectonics" (1960) Dylan Axelrod, professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball Stephen Benton, pioneer in holographic imaging, and inventor of the rainbow hologram (1959) Timothy Bottoms, actor (lead, "Johnny Got His Gun), producer (1970) Josh Brolin, Academy award nominee actor Booker Brown, NFL football player Josh Bryant, strength coach Daryl Cagle, MSNBC.com's daily editorial cartoonist (1974) Pearl Chase, pioneer in the fields of conservation, preservation, social services, and civic planning (1903) Kami